repose

evening and the garden exhales
exuding cool green
and a tiny fresh breeze
comes gently in my window

above the hill the piled
clouds are pink, moving
en masse to the east
with purpose

overhead the swifts converge
and flash past in happy
groups, their high excited
voices of glee

and me: in the evening
I am surrounded by
thick walls and lush
gardens, heart alive
mind resounding down the

years with all the scenes
all the people, all the places,
all the things

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